Tech TitansAs we begin to put more trust in AI and automation, we'll be forced to consider the risks and legal issues that arise from within this revolution. Robert Kanter, partner at Jones Day, and Dave Copps, founder of Brainspace, discussed these issues at November's Tech Titans Industry Luncheon. Read on for high-level points made by the speakers.READ MORE

Dallas InnovatesThe United States Patent and Trademark Office Interim Director Joe Matal made a stop in North Texas recently. During his stay he visited corporations and innovation centers and led a patent discussion between local leaders.
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ZDNetAs more companies undergo digital transformation, in-demand IT roles will shift by 2020 to include positions focused on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR), and the Internet of Things (IoT).READ MORE

Government TechnologyWhat could be worse than a major data breach involving millions of records that occurs at a well-known global company affecting millions of personal records? Answer: a cover-up of the entire incident. Add in a payment to hackers to try to have the stolen data deleted, and call those payments a bug bounty.READ MORE

By Ross Lancaster The debate over net neutrality — the principle that all data is treated equally by internet service providers — is one that's been in the news for nearly 20 years and the administrations of four American presidents. Advocates of the practice were extremely hopeful that the FCC's 2015 Open Internet Order would represent a triumphant denouement to the contentious debate. But net neutrality will no longer be guaranteed by the FCC after the middle of December.READ MORE

CIOSuccessful digital transformation requires internal disruption, and CIOs intent on embracing a digital future must often alter their IT operating models to get there. Nowhere is this more evident than when it comes to developing software and services.READ MORE

InfoWorldThe need for data scientists is spreading across more and more industries. As companies in finance, insurance and IT scramble to fill the role of data scientist, professionals in more traditional roles are encouraged to learn data science as well. It's not just the looming talent gap that pushes individuals to learn data science; companies are using high salaries to woo people into the industry.
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ForbesWhichever side you are on in the battle to repeal and replace Obamacare, recognize that the fight is not about fixing healthcare. It is over who pays for it.
Neither Obamacare nor any of the recent Trumpcare alternatives will materially lower total healthcare spending. The societal cost of healthcare, which is already unsustainably high, will continue to rise. READ MORE

TechInsurance, an Insureon brand. High-profile cyberattacks like the Equifax hack make headlines, but small businesses and organizations are often the primary victims of malicious data breaches. IT professionals are turning to cyber insurance to help offset recovery costs and potential lawsuits. Many are surprised to find this protection is often bundled with other business insurance policies.READ MORE

CNBC
Retailers are using facial recognition to collect data about customers as they shop in stores, according to an IT company with insight into the space.
"One of the big things brick-and-mortar retailers are getting into now is knowing their customers ... tracking who's entering their mall and how they're behaving," said Mark Lunt, group managing director at Asia-based Jardine OneSolution.READ MORE

MIT Technology ReviewAlmost 15 years after scientists first sequenced the human genome, making sense of the enormous amount of data that encodes human life remains a formidable challenge. But it is also precisely the sort of problem that machine learning excels at.
Google released a tool called DeepVariant that uses the latest AI techniques to build a more accurate picture of a person's genome from sequencing data.READ MORE